July 12, 2014
Chicago Cubs — Hector Rondon blew his third save of the season last night, as he couldn’t protect a one run lead. Rondon has not been terrible lately, but he has given up a run in three of his last six appearances. Neil Ramirez, on the other hand, has made seven straight scoreless appearances and has an ERA barely over 1.00. If Rondon blows a couple more saves, the Cubs will have to give Ramirez a look.
Hierarchy remains: Rondon | Ramirez | Strop.
Hector Rondon to Hot Seat
Tampa Bay Rays — Grant Balfour came on for the 9th inning of a tie game yesterday and promptly gave up three runs, while only recording one out. Joel Peralta also gave up two runs in his last time out. Meanwhile, Brad Boxberger pitched a scoreless inning last night and hasn’t given up a run in his last 9.1 innings of work. Boxberger has already received one save in the Rays crazy committee and could see more chances if Balfour and Peralta continue to struggle.
Updated Hierarchy: McGee | Balfour | Boxberger.
VULTURE SAVE WATCH
1. Neil Ramirez, Chicago Cubs – Hector Rondon blew the save last night and has thrown in 2 straight and 3 of the last 4.
2. Jonathan Broxton, Cincinnati Reds – Aroldis Chapman has pitched in 4 straight.